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OLD GAMES QUIT WORKING

hacatac

Posted 31 May 2005 - 12:46 PM

hacatac

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I HAVE SEVERAL OLDER 16 BIT GAMES THAT HAS ALWAYS WORKED ON
MY WIN XP PRO SYSTEM .
NOW IF I CLICK TO START MY HOLDEM GAME IT SHOWS AS A 16 BIT
WINDOW SUB SYSTEM AND SHOWS A BOX WITH C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM 32
\AUTO EXEC.NT AND SAYS IT CAN NOT RUN DOS PRODUCTS
HAS MICROSOFT UPDATED SOMETHING ON MY SYSTEM TO MAKE IT STOP RUNING THE OLD PROGRAMS. I LOADED THE HOLDEM GAME ON MY SON'S
COMPUTER AND IT STILL RUNS GREAT. ANY IDEAS I WOULD APPREATE
YOUR HELP HATE TO STOP USING OLD GAMES. THANKS HACATAC
E-MAIL [email protected]

hacatac

Posted 31 May 2005 - 01:03 PM

Guest_yezpahr_*

Posted 31 May 2005 - 01:20 PM

Yow Gerryf, about that program, I hinted my friend towards it and he said he got the following message:

This routine will replace missing XP files that are required to run VisualTour.

So it is gonna replace stuff that isn't there... really trustworthy...
And after that, it will run itself??? To do what?? Is it a task that has to be active for ever to play those old games or will it bemerged in other programs? If so, which ones? Will it work on ServicePack 2? Will it work on AMD with 64 bits on a WinXP of 32 bits??

gerryf

Posted 31 May 2005 - 01:22 PM

gerryf

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there are some programs out there that erase certain windows xp files that are required for the the 16-bit subsystem to run--you can replace them manually, or you can use that file to do it automatically.

Guest_yezpahr_*

Posted 31 May 2005 - 01:25 PM

Guest_yezpahr_*

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which means??? It is perfectly save. Well, ok, finally my friend can play DukeNukem again against me. I have winXP Pro 32-bits on an AMD 64-bits. But I never had any problems with any game of any speed of bits. So he will still be able to play Half-life2? And Doom3?? (just checking)